A nice hyphen trick: quoting text

[davesaddiction]

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[davesaddiction]

@davesaddiction said in A hyphen trick... quoting text:

select the text you want to quote before hitting the quote button

And you only get what you select, like this.

[davesaddiction]

@davesaddiction said in A hyphen trick... quoting text:

like this

Waaay better than quoting a person's entire post/comment.

@RallyDarkstrike FYI

[trivet]

I discovered this accidentally when I was going to copy/paste the part I wanted to reply to. VERY nice feature!

[davesaddiction]

@trivet For sure! Nothing would annoy me more on old forums when after 100 pages of comments, some rando would "quote" the ENTIRE first long post, photos and all!

[MisterButtercup]

@trivet said in A nice hyphen trick: quoting text:

VERY nice feature!

I like it, let's see if it works on mobile...

[trivet]

@misterbuttercup said in A nice hyphen trick: quoting text:

@trivet said in A nice hyphen trick: quoting text:

VERY nice feature!

I like it, let's see if it works on mobile...

Now THAT I don't know - I only visit OPPO on a PC.

[WhoIsTheLeader]

@davesaddiction I found this out by accident but it's very useful.

[ttyymmnn]

@davesaddiction You can also quote the whole thing and then delete/edit the text you quoted. I haven't tried it yet, but can you then change entirely what the person said? FAKE NEWS!1!!1

[davesaddiction]

@ttyymmnn said in A nice hyphen trick: quoting text:

#AlternativeFacts

Oh, I'm sure you can...

But that would be most un-excellent.

[ST80MND]

@davesaddiction said in A nice hyphen trick: quoting text:

ksanf;oeinwo;ainweoinfa

Am I doing it right?

[davesaddiction]

Yer

@st80mnd said in A nice hyphen trick: quoting text:

doin

sumthin'...

[ClassicDatsunDebate]

@davesaddiction this.

[MisterButtercup]

@trivet My bad, I should have made it more clear in my post that I was testing it by sending it on mobile, and does work! I mainly use mobile, and hadn't yet tried the quote function.

[BicycleBuck]

@davesaddiction said in A nice hyphen trick: quoting text:

@davesaddiction said in A hyphen trick... quoting text:

like this

Waaay better than quoting a person's entire post/comment.

Or you can directly edit within the quote. Just put your text at the left margin without a leading ">".

[davesaddiction]

@misterbuttercup That's what I thought you were doing - nice!

[RallyDarkstrike]

@davesaddiction said in A nice hyphen trick: quoting text:

@davesaddiction said in A hyphen trick... quoting text:

select the text you want to quote before hitting the quote button

And you only get what you select, like this.

Ooo, that is an awesome feature! Consider it added to the user guide!

[davesaddiction]

@BicycleBuck

like this

Or...

All nested so cozy!

[davesaddiction]

@rallydarkstrike Super handy. I generally don't like the quote button for all the clutter it can add, but this is a really helpful feature (especially in longer threads with lots of different conversations going on).

[Urambo Tauro]

@trivet said in A nice hyphen trick: quoting text:

I discovered this accidentally when I was going to copy/paste the part I wanted to reply to.

Same thing happened to me. I guess the text that I had just copied was still highlit when I clicked the reply button. Nifty!

[Chariotoflove]

@davesaddiction Yeah, this is great, and a great way to cut down on the scrolling for everyone else. It’s like email programs work, and much easier than Kinja’s way of handling quotes.

[jminer]

@davesaddiction said in A nice hyphen trick: quoting text:

@BicycleBuck

like this

Or...

All nested so cozy!

I love everything about this thread!

[davesaddiction]

@jminer

like this

Or...

All nested so cozy!

I love everything about...

[RallyDarkstrike]

@davesaddiction I was used to just clicking 'quote' and deleting whatever in the quote I didn't want to reference!

[Smallbear]

@davesaddiction said in A nice hyphen trick: quoting text:

Waaay better

I'm going to have to agree